{"id":1683262,"date":"2022-10-11T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683262"},"modified":"2022-10-11T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:39:57","slug":"biden-promises-advanced-air-defense-systems-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promises-advanced-air-defense-systems-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Promises &#8220;Advanced Air Defense Systems&#8221; for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-promises-advanced-air-defense-systems-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden on Monday promised\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Washington will supply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> with\u00a0advanced air defense systems amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-russia\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s ongoing invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders spoke on the phone shortly after Russia launched its largest air strike yet on Ukraine following\u00a0the destruction of a bridge\u00a0linking Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula over the weekend. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine\u2019s security services of perpetuating the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s strikes killed at least 11 civilians, Ukrainian officials said, and knocked\u00a0out Ukraine\u2019s power grid, leaving parts of the country with no electricity, water, or heat.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of\u00a0residents were forced to shelter in bomb shelters throughout the day as missiles rained down on multiple cities, with explosions reported in\u00a0Kyiv,\u00a0Lviv, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro, and Kremenchuk in the center, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s call, Biden \u201cexpressed his condemnation of Russia\u2019s missile strikes across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, and conveyed his condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured in these senseless attacks\u201d according to a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/10\/10\/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-of-ukraine\/\">readout<\/a> of the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems,\u201d the readout said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4785857\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10\/smoke-rises-over-kiyv-1-1200x798.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4785857\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10\/smoke-rises-over-kiyv-1-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"smoke-rises-over-kiyv-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Smoke rises over the city after a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Oleksandr Klymenko\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe also underscored his ongoing engagement with allies and partners to continue imposing costs on Russia, holding Russia accountable for its war crimes and atrocities, and providing Ukraine with security, economic, and humanitarian assistance,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not state exactly\u00a0which air defense systems Biden said he will supply to\u00a0Zelenskyy during their call but earlier this year, Washington committed to provide Ukraine with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/biden-admin-to-give-820-million-more-in-military-aid-to-ukraine_4572893.html\">National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems<\/a> (NASAMS)<\/p>\n<p>Those anti-aircraft systems are manufactured by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence &#038; Aerospace and used to\u00a0protect the airspace around the White House and Capitol in Washington. They can be used to strike\u00a0Russian cruise missiles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4740547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/19\/Zelensky-1200x800.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4740547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zelensky-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4740547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zelensky-600x400-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-volodymyr-zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> in Kyiv on Sept. 8, 2022. (Genya Savilov\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Sign\u2019 of Russian Weakness<\/h2>\n<p>Zelenskyy\u2019s office also issued a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/prezident-volodimir-zelenskij-proviv-telefonnu-rozmovu-z-pre-78409\">statement<\/a>\u00a0on Monday detailing his phone call with Biden which stated that\u00a0the Ukrainian president informed Washington about the \u201cconsequences of the massive missile strikes against civilian infrastructure perpetrated today by the Russian aggressor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said the \u201cstrikes against civilian targets throughout Ukraine are a sign of weakness of the Russian army which is losing on the battlefield. It is pure terror\u201d but that Ukraine \u201cwill not succumb to the Russian missile blackmail,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and\u00a0Zelenskyy also discussed the \u201cimportance of air defense, and continued U.S. contributions to increase this capability\u201d the statement adds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4785858\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10\/russia-bombed-ukraine-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4785858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/russia-bombed-ukraine-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"russia-bombed-ukraine\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4785858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/russia-bombed-ukraine-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"russia-bombed-ukraine\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Cars are seen on fire after Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Valentyn Ogirenko\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<h2>Russia-Ukraine Conflict Escalates<\/h2>\n<p>The two leaders also discussed the \u201cupcoming extraordinary meeting of the Group of Seven Leaders (G7) dedicated to Ukraine and most pressing measures of support for Ukraine which can be adopted by the international community,\u201d according to\u00a0Zelenskyy\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the Biden administration has\u00a0committed a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/600-million-in-additional-u-s-military-assistance-for-ukraine\/#:~:text=This%20%24600%20million%20drawdown%20includes,the%20beginning%20of%20this%20Administration.\">$15.8 billion<\/a> in\u00a0military aid\u00a0to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<p>The latest promise of\u00a0advanced air defense systems to Ukraine comes as its conflict with Russia continues to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko,\u00a0one of Vladimir Putin\u2019s closest allies,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/belarus-russia-form-joint-military-group-lukashenko-says-2022-10-10\/\"> said<\/a> that some of\u00a0his country\u2019s 60,000-strong army will\u00a0deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko said the decision was made because\u00a0Ukraine had been preparing to attack Belarus\u00a0with help from allies Poland and Lithuania, although he did not provide any evidence relating to such claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrikes on the territory of Belarus are not just being discussed in Ukraine today, but are also being planned,\u201d Lukashenko said at a meeting on security. \u201cTheir owners are pushing them to start a war against Belarus to drag us there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following\u00a0Lukashenko\u2019s announcement,\u00a0Polish citizens in Belarus were being advised by the government to leave the country as relations between the two countries increasingly turned sour.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-katabella-roberts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden on Monday promised\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Washington will supply Ukraine with\u00a0advanced air defense systems amid Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion.The two leaders spoke on the phone shortly after Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1891804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}